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For years I struggled to gain control over my behaviors of sexual brokenness.

Published July 1st, 2012 in | Comments Off on For years I struggled to gain control over my behaviors of sexual brokenness.

For years I struggled to gain control over my behaviors of sexual brokenness. MT was the first person I had ever met who not only understood my struggles, but also gently led me out of my valley of despair. God used him to make the most profound changes in my life I’ve ever experienced and I couldn’t be more thankful. – Nonprofit Ministry Director

The Bible is filled with stories about courage. Interestingly enough, these stories are often as much about courage and faith to trust in God as they are courage to face a tough circumstance or adversary. Sure, sometimes it’s courage to stare down enemy (David), but it could just as likely be courage to look stupid by following a counter-intuitive God plan (Noah) or wait patiently for God to act when everything inside us wants to take charge of it ourselves (Abraham).

This version of the Serenity Prayer focuses on courage to change the things which should be changed. This is different than the more common prayer circulated these days, which says to change what “can be changed”. This begs the question: as Christ followers, is it sufficient motivation to want to change our circumstance simply because we can?

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